Graphophone and disk record holder.



J. HERMAN.-

GRAPHOPHONE AND DISK RECORD HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 11. ten. 1,297,160. Patented Mar. 11,1919.

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WITNESSES Q, nyym run 255 5 $655 Z BY W fl ZW ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES"PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN HEITMAN, OF NOM'E, TERRITORY OF ALASKA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TORALPH LOMEN, OF NOME, TERRITORY OF ALASKA.

GRAPHOPHONE AND DISK RECORD HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar. 11, 1919.

Application filed August 17, 1917. Serial No. 186,814.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that. I, JOHN HEITMAN, .a subjectof the King ofNorway, (who has declared his intention of becomingIacitizenof the United States,) residing at ome, Territory of Alaska, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Graphophone and DiskRecord Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in graphophone and other diskrecord holders as an article of manufacture and consists in theconstruction, in combination, of its parts as a record holder, theobject and nature of which is to supply and provide a record holder inwhich the graphophone or other disk records may be compactly andsecurely stored and kept, by which the removal of more than one recordat a time is prevented, and in which a record, once removed, must bereplaced before another record can be taken out, and in which, by meansof a lever attachment, all the records may also be taken out, and inwhich also there are num-- bered or lettered keys to unlock the recordcarriers and facilitate the indexing and finding of these records in therecord holder.

It consists of a body, case or cabinet with vertical partitions formingstalls for the records, a record carrier in each stall, and means forlocking and releasing any carrier, whereby the record', resting on itscarrier is held in place, or brought out of the record holder, and also,means actuated by a levervattachment for releasing all carriers at onetime.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a transverse sectional upright broken view through one ofthe sides and with record in place, of the body and workin parts.

Tig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a device,

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view, and- 7 Fig. 5 is a section on line5-5 of Fig. 3.

In the drawings similar letters of reference areemployed to indicatecorresponding parts in the several views. V

I construct my record holder as follows, reference bein had to thedrawings, in which '1 represents tie bottom of the body, frame or caseT. 0' represents thin record car riers, each slidably mounted andrestingon front viewof a portion of the the floor of the body between thepartitions, each adapted to hold and carry the record or disk C. O and Prespectively represent guldes transversely and rigidly attached to thefront and back of the body, adapted to guide and hold the recordcarriers in horizontal position. D represents a set of flat springs,eachspring bein disposed at and attached to the back of the ody betweenpartitions, and each spring working against the back of the recordcarriers, pressing forward the latter when not held in place by shoulderN on the trig er B. E represents an escapement dispose transversely toand extending the full width of the body underneath the partitions andcarried in a recess E in the floor T of the body. The edges of saidescapement are bent upward to form front and rear resilient metal lipsor pallets K and L respectively, which are adapted to engage thecarriers C. The escapement E is pivotally attached on its under side toa rod F bent at each end to form a crank shaft and swingably disposedtransversely the full width of the body, the projecting end L piercingand j ournaled in the sides of the body. Rigidly attached to said rod Fnear. one end thereof is a bar or lever X which, at the upper end isslotted and adapted to receive a pivot pin W which connects the bar Xwith the end of an arm or bar Y. The bars X and Y are disposed inrecesses in the'casin wall, the arm Y being slidably held by gui ecleats Y. The arm Y extends beyond the face or front of the body orcabinet, the projecting endbeing'bent to a right angle thus facilitatingthe drawing out of said arm. When the arm Y is drawn out or forward, theescapement is lowered into the recess E in the floor and all thecarriers are thereby locking the carriers except the one moved forwardas hereafter explained. The arm Y has a notch Y adapted to receive thebolt of any lock suitably attached for the purpose and by means ofwhichthe arm and lever may be locked. The record carriers C have notchesJ and G on the underside adapted to receive the pallets K and Lrespectively of the escapement when in its normal position. When acarrier is moved forward pallet L engages notch G and acts as a look orstop for all carriers except the carrier being op erated or movedforward, until the carrier moved forward is again moved back by theinsertion of the record.

Each record carrier 0 has its associated key such as that shown at A inFig. 1, these keys projecting in convenient position before the casingand adapted to be operated individually. In inserting the record in thecarrier the respective keys A are first pressed and the spring D forcesthe carrier outwardly in position to receive the disk. The disk isplaced in position and then pushed inwardly until the shoulder clearsthe trigger B which actuated by the spring Q) springs in front of theshoulder to hold the carrier in position.

N ow when it is desired to remove any particular disk, the keycorresponding to that disk is pressed and its carrier C is thrustforward in the manner indicated. This operates the escapement by theengagement of theforward end K which throws the rear end L into thenotch G of all the remainin carriers, thereby locking these carriers intheir positions. The carrier C which is moved forward until its notch Gpasses the end L of the escapement, bends down the flexible end K tocomplete its movement, which is a relatively short one. Ordinarily adisk mustbe replaced and its carrier returned to normal position inorder to permit the withdrawal of another disk. As soon as the carrieris restored to its normal position, the escapement is moved to permitthe withdrawal of any of the carriers, but not more than one at a time.

f it is now desired to release all of the carriers, then the rod Y maybe drawn forward, thus lowering the escapement into the dotted lineposition shown in Fig. 5 and preventing its locking action.

By locking the rod Y through the medium of the lock L and the bolt Bwhich enters the notch Y in the rod Y, the. downward movement of theescapement mechanism may be prevented, and hence it will be necessary toreplace a record before withdrawing another one. The keys A may benumbered or lettered to correspond with some index so as to facilitatethe identification of the records.

I claim:

1. In a phonograph disk record holder, a casing provided with a seriesof vertically disposed stalls, a slidable carrier disposed in each ofsaid stalls, the upper portion of the carrier being curved to receivethe record disk, each of said carriers being provided with a forwardlyextending guide portion, a. common guide member carried by the casingfor guiding the forwardly extending portion of the carrier, a spring foreach carrier n mally pressing against the carrier, a trig er eachcarrier having a hev eled abutment arranged to engage the for wardlyextending portion, an escapement common to all of said carriers, andmeans carried on each carrier for operating said common escapement tolock the other carriers in position on movement of any of said carriers;and means by a lever attachment and operating arm attached to thesupporting rod of said escapement to hold said escapement in a normalposition or to lower said escapement and facilitate the removal of oneor all records according to ones desire.

2. A phonograph disk record holder comprising a. casing having a seriesof stalls, a slidable carrier disposed in each of said stalls andadapted to hold a. phonograph disk, a spring disposed in each stall fornormally tending to force its individual carrier forwardly, anindividual key for each carrier having means for normally preventing themovement of the carrier, but permitting the movement of the carrier whenthe key is depressed, means for positively locking the remainingcarriers when one of said carriers is released, and means forsimultaneously unlocking all of the carriers to permit their release bytheir individual keys.

3. A phonograph disk record holder comprising a. casing having a seriesof vertically disposed stalls, a slidable carrier in each stall adaptedto support a. disk, spring means tending to move said carriersforwardly, a key for each carrier for preventing the forward movement.normally but for permitting the forward movement when the key isdepressed, an escapement mechanism common to all of said carriersadapted to be operated by the movement of one carrier for looking theother carriers to prevent their re-.

lease by their individual keys, means forv withdrawing the escapementmechanism from its locking position, said means comprising a. movablesupport for the escapement mechanism and a pull rod carried by thecasing for shifting said movable support to move the escapementout ofits locking position. I

l. A phonograph disk record holder comprising a casing having a seriesof vertically disposed stalls, a slidable carrier in each stall adaptedto support a disk, spring means tending to move said carriers forwardly,a key for each carrier for preventing the for ward movement normally butfor permitting the forward movement when the key is depressed, anescapement mechanism common to all of said carriers adapted to beoperated by the movement of one carrier for locking the other carriersto prevent their release by their individual keys, means for withdrawing the escapement mechanism from its locking position, said meanscomprising a crank shaft for supporting the escapement, and a rodcarried by the casing for moving the crank shaft to bring the escapementout of locking position.

5. A phonograph disk record holder comprising a casing having a seriesof vertically disposed stalls, a slidable carrier in each stall adaptedto support a disk, spring means tending to move said carriers forwardly,a key for each carrier for preventing the forward movement normally butpermitting the forward movement when the key is depressed, an escapementmechanism common to all of said carrlers adapted to be perated by themovement of one carrier for Copies of this patent may be obtained forlocking the other carriers to-prevent their release by their individualkeys, means for Withdrawing the escapement mechanism from its lookingposition, said means comprising a crank shaft for supporting theescapement, a rod carried by the casing for moving the crank shaft tobring the escapement out of locking position, and means for locking saidrod whereby the crank shaft is retained in locked position.

Dated at Nome, Alaska, July 10th, 1917.

JOHN HEITMAN. In presence of- G. J. Lonmn.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

